XXSYN YAML source
code: XXSYN
xiao_number: S130
name: Synthetic negation
definition: >-
Negation using "no", "neither", "nor" as determiners or conjunctions.
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: NEG_ALL
detection:
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="DT|CC"]'
words:
- "no"
- neither
- nor
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="DT|CC|RB"]'
words:
- "no"
- neither
- nor
description: >-
MFTE XX0 (line 363) tags "no" regardless of POS. Stanza sometimes
tags adverbial "no" as RB (e.g., "no broader than").
sources:
- biber_1988
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
notes: >-
D2 loading .40 (narrative). Loads on a different dimension than analytic
negation (D1). More formal/archaic register marker.
examples:
- text: no man could
- text: neither Elf nor Man
- text: nor any light